Stephen King's Dead Zone (2002–2007)
"The Dead Zone" (original title)

Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is ... See full summary »

Creators:

Michael Piller, Shawn Piller

Stars:

Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Chris Bruno

2 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Anthony Michael Hall	...	Johnny Smith (81 episodes, 2002-2007)
Nicole de Boer	...	Sarah Bracknell Bannerman (72 episodes, 2002-2007)
Chris Bruno	...	Sheriff Walt Bannerman (69 episodes, 2002-2007)
John L. Adams	...	Bruce Lewis (65 episodes, 2002-2007)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Reverend Eugene 'Gene' Purdy (39 episodes, 2002-2007)
Bill Mondy	...	Deputy Roscoe (33 episodes, 2002-2006)

Storyline

Johnny Smith has been leading an idyllic small-town life. Employed as a science teacher, Johnny takes great pleasure in showing his young students the wonders of the natural world. He is also newly-engaged to a loving fiancée named Sarah, a fellow teacher he's known since childhood, and is a good son to his widowed mother, who lives nearby. Johnny's life is nearly perfect - until the day his life is interrupted by a near-fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma. Six years later, Johnny finally regains consciousness and discovers that life as he once knew it has completely changed. His mother has passed away, and Sarah has gone on to marry someone else - and now has a son. But Johnny himself is also not the same person he once was: he now finds himself in possession of amazing psychic powers which allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches. Now, as Johnny attempts to reacquaint himself with a life he has been away from for six long years, he must also begin a quest to ...

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Plot Keywords:

psychic power | psychic | supernatural power | sheriff | maine | 

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Taglines:

You should see what he sees.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Space [Canada] USA Network

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Dead Zone

Filming Locations:

Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts - 777 Homer Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Paramount Network Television, Crescent Entertainment, Dead Zone Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show's creator, Michael Piller, also co-created Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, of which Nicole de Boer was also a cast member.

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Goofs

Johnny's hairstyle changes back and forth several times during the episodes "Wheel of Fortune" and "What It Seems" because of reshoots that were done a year after the initial filming.

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Quotes

Johnny Smith: Worst case scenario, I'll break out the blow torch and we'll fire that sucker up from the inside out.

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Connections

Referenced in Dreamcatcher (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Dead Zone Epic"
Performed by Blues Saraceno
Heard in all episodes starting with Season 4

User Reviews

being a king fan

If you are a true king fan, you realize that this story is only loosely based on the book. Basically, all they use it for is the character names and basic plot line. Anything above that is purely fabricated. The television company has even said "with characters based on the Stephen King novel". Now, doesn't that sound a bit broad? Something to think about... I like this show, and I am a King fan. But I realize these things, and I take it for what it is, a television show. Great films like The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption are better examples of "by the book".